On Tuesday, February 5th, Purdue took on Penn State and got a road win against the Nittany Lions 58-49 in Big Ten action. The Boilermakers are now 1-5 versus AP-Ranked teams this season with the win. A.J. Hammons earned a double-double in the win with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Ronnie Johnson had a season-high 16 points and added five rebounds. For the Nittany Lions, Devonte (DJ) Newbill finished with a game-high 17 points and seven assists. Purdue (12-11, 5-5 Big Ten) takes on 12th-ranked Michigan State (18-4, 7-2 Big Ten) on Saturday, February 9th at home.

Purdue Game Notes

Purdue beat the spread by 6.5 points. That makes the 9th time this season the Boilermakers have beaten the spread.

Purdue has won every game this season (4-0) after holding an opponent to under 30.6% field goal percentage.

Purdue has won 89% of the time this season (8-1) when opponents record 19 or fewer field goals made.

This season Purdue has won 71% of the time (5-2) when D.J. Byrd has 4 assists or more.

Purdue set season lows for three-pointers (0) and three-point percentage (0.0).

Purdue has recorded fewer steals than their opponents for the past 8 games.

This is the 3rd win of the season where the Boilermakers came back after being down at halftime.

A.J. Hammons recorded a team season high in free throws made with 11 and defensive rebounds with 10.

The top two scorers (Ronnie Johnson and A.J. Hammons) accounted for 53.4% of the points.

The top two rebounders (A.J. Hammons and Donnie Hale) accounted for 52.3% of the rebounds.

A.J. Hammons has led the team in rebounding in 9 out of 23 games this season.

A.J. Hammons recorded the 4th double-digit rebound game of his career.

A.J. Hammons has 3 straight double-digit point games.

A.J. Hammons recorded a double-double. It was the 3rd of his career.

Donnie Hale recorded the 1st double-digit rebound game of his career.

Donnie Hale recorded a double-double. It was the 1st of his career.

Penn State Game Notes

This loss extended the Nittany Lions losing streak to 10 games.

Devonte (DJ) Newbill accounted for 34.6% of the team's points.

Devonte (DJ) Newbill has led the team in scoring 8 times in 22 games this season.

Ross Travis has led the team in rebounding 13 times in 22 games this season.